LABOVË
(“Omphalion”) S Albania.
A precipitous ridge, overlooking the gorge of the Suhë river, is
fortified with a circuit wall and powerful towers. The
site controls the entry from the Drin valley to the high
plateau of Poliçan, the territory probably of the Omphales, a Chaonian tribe. It is mentioned by Ptolemy
(3.13.5).
BIBLIOGRAPHY
N.G.L. Hammond,
Epirus (1967) 209,
660, 680, 699f.
N.G.L. HAMMOND